Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge, by Rudolf Souval GTRexclude the hanger inscribed "ASSOCIATED KIN

the hanger inscribed "ASSOCIATED KIN OF C

The medal was granted to Colonial Forces and Friendly natives who had "been actually under fire

and engraved ""GUERRE D'ITALIE"" above and dated ""1859"" below on the reverse

crown on obverse medallion slightly off center and overlapping on border

the citation appearing in the Supplement to the London Gazette 31158 of Friday

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge, by Rudolf Souval GTRexclude the hanger inscribed "ASSOCIATED KIN(Zerstrerkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Heer style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, surrounding a central destroyer cutting through waves, with its bow extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch emanating from an elongated